[General] Fully Arabic Android Phone @ Xcite

[Majed B.]

No no Burhan, I meant, is it not possible that you extract the ROM out
of the device if you get it in your hands?

On Mon, Dec 28, 2009 at 10:45 PM, Burhan Khalid <burhan.khalid at gmail.com> wrote:
> Its working fine - that's how I knew about the Arabic because I stood there
> playing with it and noticed the Arabic in settings / locale.
> You can actually go and play with it yourself.
> Here's some more info:
> "The i5700 is the first Android smartphone to support the DivX video codec,
> thanks in part to its speedy 800MHz CPU.  The 13.2mm thick handset features
> a 3.5mm headphone jack and a large 1500mAh battery, as well as the full
> suite of Google services."
>
> Regards,
> --
> Burhan Khalid
> On 28 Dec 2009, at 22:33, Majed B. wrote:
>
> Then I suggest we stalk XCite stores selling the Galaxy and wait for
> someone to buy it, then you can "borrow" the ROM!
>
> Or if the device is working fine in the store, can't you just pretend
> to be "testing" it? :p
>
> On Mon, Dec 28, 2009 at 10:30 PM, Burhan Khalid <burhan.khalid at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> Don't get disheartened - there were separate options to change the keyboard
> and others to change the complete UI language.
>
> That was the first thing I checked. I'm trying to find the ROM for that
> device so I can port it to the Hero and see what's what; but so far coming
> up empty.
>
> Regards,
>
> --
>
> Burhan Khalid
>
> On 28 Dec 2009, at 19:08, Majed B. wrote:
>
> I would never use an Arabic UI. I get lost in all that. I just want
>
> the keyboard, when I need it...
>
> If they're going to do it like Garmin, where you have to change the
>
> system language and have everything in the same language, then the
>
> hell with it!!
>
> On Mon, Dec 28, 2009 at 6:57 PM, Burhan Khalid <burhan.khalid at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> I seem to recall it was 1.6, but believe me - when I say fully
>
> Arabized - its fully Arabic, interface, labels, etc everything.
>
> I'll try to get a screenshot of it.
>
> On Mon, Dec 28, 2009 at 3:58 PM, Majed B. <majedb at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Burhan,
>
> Any idea which version of Android is installed on it? If it's 1.5,
>
> then it could be Samsung's doing, but if it's 2.0 I suspect that it
>
> should have Arabic natively.
>
> Thanks for the tip!
>
> On Mon, Dec 28, 2009 at 3:54 PM, Burhan Khalid <burhan.khalid at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> As the subject states - last weekend I wandered into Xcite @ Avenues
>
> and I found the Samsung i5700 on sale. Nothing dramatic about that -
>
> except its fully Arabic - which was a surprise to me because there
>
> have been no native Arabic implementations for Android that I have
>
> been able to Google my way to. Maybe this is something Samsung did in
>
> house?
>
> Anyway - worth looking into if Arabic was holding you back from Android.
>
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